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  • Jury hits Ragland with $63.3 million verdict

    Amount second-largest ever in Kentucky

    By Brandon Ortiz

    A Lexington jury today hit Shane Ragland with a $63.3 million verdict for fatally shooting University of Kentucky football player Trent DiGiuro in 1994. The jury deliberated for less than an hour and punished Ragland with $60 million in punitive damages and $3.3 million for lost income and funeral expenses.
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  • Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

    By JUANITA COUSINS

    Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice - handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it - was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
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  • Judge halts parole program

    By Bill Estep

    A circuit judge in southern Kentucky has temporarily barred the state from releasing some convicted felons from prison or parole supervision.
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NEWS OBITUARIES

  • Jerry wexler: 1917-2008

    Famed record producer helped shape R&B music

    By Hillel Italie

    NEW YORK — Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, said his son, Paul. He was 91.

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